Improvement in wrappers for bottles



I A. E. FRANCIS.

Wrappers for Bottles. N 139,308, PatentedMay Zi, 1873.

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IMPROVEMENT IN WRAPPERS FOR BOTTLES Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 139,308, dated May 27, 1873; application filedFebruary 7, 1873.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLAN E. FRANCIS, of

Ravenna, county of Portage and State of folding and securing the lowerend. Fig. 6

shows how the upper end is formed. Fig. 7 is the piece that closes andsecures the upper end.

The wrapper is made of paper, and may be of different sizes and forms tofit the numerous sizes and forms of bottles, closed at the top, and openonly at the bottom to receive the bottle, after which it is closedbyfolding, and secured by the adhesive part D previously moistened. Thepaper of which the wrappers are made is cut as nearly square as thelength and circumference of the bottle will admit, and-may be printedupon, the wrappers bearing any advertisement, design, ornament, or otherprinted matter chosen by the parties for whom they are intended. Thewrappers are made on a form, and the corners at' the upper end foldeddown by a machine far enough to make the top of the wrapper smaller thanthe bottom, and of proper size to inclose the top of the neck of thebottle. Two of the corners at the top of the wrapper are folded towardeach other, and on the opposite side the other two corners are foldedtoward each other. folded corners on the two opposite sides of thewrapper are then held down by the application of the top piece, which iscovered ononc side by mucilage or other adhesive substance. The toppiece is made as wide as the top of the folded wrapper, and longenoughfor each end to extend down on the side of the wrapper lower thanthe folded corners of the wrap per, so as to cover them and hold themdown, and also close the top of the wrapper as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim as my invention The wrapper for bottles, constructed smaller atthe top than the bottom,'all the sides being formed of one piece ofpaper, closed at the top by the adhesive top piece, and open at thebottom, with an adhesive part, D, for closing the bottom, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth. 1

' ALLAN E. FRANCIS.

Witnesses: y

ROYAL TAYLOR,

H. WATERMAN.

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